Advances in Insect Physiology
Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update
Edited by- Meir Pener
- Stephen Simpson, ARC Federation Fellow; School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; New South Wales, Australia
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Advances in Insect Physiology
Advances in Insect Physiology
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Published: September 2009
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-374828-7
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Insect polyphenism
3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism
4. Locust phase characteristics
5. Morphology
6. Anatomy
7. Colouration and pigments
8. Reproduction
9. Endocrinology
10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
11. Behaviour
12. Volatiles and volatile phermones
13. Cuticular substances and contact phermones
14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics
15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics
16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny
17. Ecology and ecophysiology
18. Concluding remarks
